DESIGNATED LOSER

If you don't like the way you're living
nor the returns your life's been giving,
find a new place, start cleanly over,
making a brave new face for cover.
Someone will be there to remember
all of the roots that you'd dismembered -
a little sacrifice is always nice;
a Designated Loser will suffice.

Your old primary group is breaking-
up in directions each is taking;
everyone's waking-up to find
that he fears that he'll be left-behind.
Everyone's struggling to get there,
but they can't tell if they are yet there.
If you have your doubts that you'll succeed,
a Designated Loser's what you need.

Stuck in the mud with wheels spinning,
you have to seem like you are winning;
no matter how well they esteem you,
there's always someone (who) wants to cream you.
Give it your all - after you take it
from someone who will never make it:
everyone will treat you like you're blessed;
your Designated Loser looks your best.

When you're at your old gang's reunion,
you'll ask whatever happened to one
who never did seem to really fit-
in with all your old social bullshit:
did he ever finally go crazy,
or wasn't he too fcking lazy?
There's one thing that won't occur to you:
your Designated Loser hates you, too.

© 2010 Steve Fitch
Published by My Music by Me Music (BMI)